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ALiu950296
3 years ago

Re: [ARCHIVED] Cannot edit pre-existing sims (Family relationships)

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? Unknown, but was updated just today
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats & dogs, city living, discover university, get famous, get to work, get together, jungle adventure, wedding stories, vampires
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? In CAS and in game
What happens when the bug occurs? Unable to add parents to existing sims in one specific household while I am totally able to do that in other households.
What do you expect to see? I expect all family members to show up on each of their family trees and to be able to create parents in this household like I can with other households.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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I tried to create a parent to an existing sim in an existing household. When I clicked on relationships, however, no mother or father options were showing. I can create a parent through genetics, but once I click the checkmark, it automatically changes to household member, and no parent options are shown. The two sims I wanted to create a mom for also had an uncle from their late father; when I look at the sims' sentiments, their relationship is shown as uncle and nephew and uncle and niece; however, when I look at their family tree, they are not shown on each other's family tree which didn't happen when the two sims father was still alive. I've tried removing mods and repairing the game, which didn't help. I wonder if the dead sim is causing the bug.

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 years ago
    @ALiu950296 Bit unsure who you want to add a parent too but on the pictures, they already have one (even if they have no picture, greyed out) and this prevents from adding new ones.

    If that's not it, maybe you could add some indicators to your pictures on who you want to give a parent too ?
  • ALiu950296's avatar
    ALiu950296
    3 years ago

    @crinrict I am trying to add a mom to siblings Azula (the one with a bun and bangs) and Zuko (the one with a scar on his eye). As you can see, they have a deceased father, but I didn't make their mom, so I'm trying to make them one now. Iroh is their late father's brother which is what I set as their relationship in CAS, and they all showed up in the family tree when Ozai (the children's late father) was alive. Now that Ozai is dead, however, their family tree is now separated for some reason; when I open their biography, Zuko and Azula are still shown as his niece and nephew, and Iroh still shows up as their uncle, but when I look at their genealogy, they are not shown on each other's family trees.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @ALiu950296 The game created a dummy mom for them so the game think they have a mom which is why you can't edit one in. You might be able to add one via a mod or with cheats (those tend to mess up though)

    As for the separate tree, there are several thread floating around for family trees not looking as they should but I don't know what the current status on those is. Try searching the bug forum for family tree to see if there's any issues that are the same as you're seeing and post in those.

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